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Freeport-McMoRan executive to deliver Poundstone Lecture at WVU
Harry M. (Red) Conger, president and chief operating officer of Freeport-McMoRan Americas and Africa mining, will speak on Thursday, September 15, as part of West Virginia University’s Department of Mining Engineering’s William N. Poundstone Lecture Series.
Doctoral student selected for P&G FIRST Conference
A West Virginia University chemical engineering doctoral student has been selected to attend the P&G FIRST Conference, a three-day, all expenses paid program primarily intended for African American, Hispanic and Native American doctoral and postdoctoral scientists.
Determined WVU students are first, and now only, winners of NASA robot competition
On Labor Day evening, a group of 10 West Virginia University students gathered around a pile of pizza boxes and textbooks, recapping their weekends and planning for the week of classes ahead.
Pizza, conversation and textbooks. Pretty ordinary evening in the life of college students, right?
WVU engineering student organizations participate in flood relief efforts
Two student organizations at West Virginia University teamed up to participate in flood relief efforts put together by the West Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Engineering faculty write book about hydraulic fracturing
Three faculty members from West Virginia University’s Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering have written a new book that focuses on the issues related to hydraulic fracturing experiences and workflow in the field.
Engineering student one of three from U.S. selected for China mining technology summer school
Jack Bennett, a senior mechanical engineering student at West Virginia University, was one of only three scholarship college students from the United States selected to attend the China University of Mining and Technology 2016 Summer School.
Industrial extension to assist in retraining of coal-impacted companies, workers
Companies and workers in several northern West Virginia counties affected by downturns in the coal sector will receive assistance transitioning into opportunities in the region’s growing manufacturing sector with assistance from industrial extension agents at WVU.